Juan Carlos Burgos has come up short in two previous world title shots but the 26-year-old junior lightweight contender enters his WBO title bout with heavily favored Mikey Garcia on Saturday with more strength, confidence and his original trainer.

Junior featherweight titleholder Kiko Martinez will pursue the third defense of his IBF belt against former bantamweight and featherweight titleholder Hozumi Hasegawa in April in Japan, his promoters announced on Wednesday.